ISBEatsupport - Definitions

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Accessible Instructional Material		textbooks and other print materials are available in a format that is usable for a students specific disability	http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/pdfs/nimas_guidance.pdf
Augumentive & Alternative Communication	AAC	The term augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is used to define these other communication methods. AAC ranges from use of gestures, sign languages, and facial expressions, to the use of alphabet or picture symbol boards, and even sophisticated computer systems with synthesized speech."	Watch a video of individuals usings AAC deviceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1QIhWa_4_A
assistive technology	AT	a classification of technologies that are specific to individuals with disabilities.

Common Core Standards		provide guidance with regard to the content that students are expected to learn	http://www.corestandards.org/
Differentiated Instruction		responsive teaching, proactively planned, using varied approaches to what students need to learn, how they will learn it, and how they will show what they have learned	http://www.caroltomlinson.com/
digital text
dysgraphia		a deficiency in the ability to write primarily in terms of handwriting, but also in terms of coherence
dyslexia		a broad term that defines a reading disablility that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy	http://www.interdys.org/
Free and Appropiate Education	FAPE	is designed to meet the unique educational needs of that one student, addresses both academic needs and functional needs, provides “...access to the general curriculum to meet the challenging expectations established for all children” is provided in accordance with the IEP is reasonably calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefit	Watch video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqpMgW02r1Q
individual educational program	IEP	a program designed to meet the unique educational needs of one child, with a disability, as defined by federal regulations
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004	IDEIA 2004	the nation's special education law, IDEIA provides billions of dollars in federal funding to help states and local communities provide special education opportunities for approximately students with varying degrees of disability. In exchange for federal funding, IDEIA requires states to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE).
learning disability learning difference learning disorder learning difficulty	LD	defines several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors	http://www.ldonline.org/
Least Restrictive Environment	LRE	requires that, to the maximum extent appropriate, students with disabilities, aged 3 through 21, in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled	http://www.isbe.net/RtI_plan/default.htm
Response to Intervention	RtI	as defined by the Illinois State Board of Education "the practice of providing 1) high-quality instruction/intervention matched to students needs and 2) using learning rate over time and level of performance to 3) make important educations decisions" (Batsche, et al., 2005)
SETT Framework	SETT	a framework for considering assitive technolgy for a students that focuses on student, environment, task and tools	http://www.joyzabala.com/
text to speech
Universal Design for Learning	UDL	a set of principles that guide curriculum development resulting in equal opportunities for learning, the foucs on instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that can be effectively accesses and used by all students	http://www.cast.org/udl/ http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines
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